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Tuesday, Dec.23, 1986 Formertire factory to -be, redeveloped, By MIKE JOHNSTON Eastglen Properties will be redeveloping the old Dunlop tire plant on Blair St. S. in Whitby. The redevelopment calis for the existing building vacant since 1980, to receive a facellift and then be divided into sepiarate units ac- cording to specifications.. 1"We are very much excited about this. It will be a first rate project that we and the com- munity can be proud of," said Wlfred Stemeroff of, Glenson In- vestments Ltd., Dec. 19, at the Witby municipal office. The "we" to whlch Stemeroff referred are Glenson and East- way Construction Co. Ltd. Together, as Eastglen Properties they purchased the building from General Motors only two weeks ago. Once the two buildings fronting Blair St. South are occupied the company "I begin building ad- ditional buildings in the back. III can't say what tenants will be going in," said Stemeroff. "But there wlll be more high tech than industrial use." He said some of the firms ren- ting space could be involved in General Motors 'Just in Time' concept. Industry ,is not the only development proposed for the area. The purichase also includes land to the south of the old Dunlop building which Stemeroff says wouid make an excellent residen- tial location. Before houses could be built on that 12 acres of land, rezoning is necessary. The total project involves more SEE PAGE 3 Parents want buses to stay IfBy JAN DODGE 1; and ber, daughter Ifschool buses are flot Cer, 4, in junior kmn- retained some separate deraren,' would have scbool parents in the to cross Dundas St West Lynde area are (-"one of. Durham's ready to transfer their busiest four-lane higli- chuîdren to public ways") at Annes. schools. However, to do this they For parents safety is would have to cross An- the issue. n es at some point before "I want mny children to be educated in the SEE PAGE 30 Catholic School___ _______ system," -says Lynne Childerbouse, wbo bas two children at St. John the Evangelist, "They get more values. The relationsbip witb God and with, their fellow\f man are a part of daily living there, but I wl pull my kids out Of4 scboolý before Ilil en- danger them." <Onï Dec. 17 Childerbouse presented St. John the Evangelist4 parent concerns about romd changes in ~usigto the Transpor- Duat eion Rtteomanh DuatinCmmeittee 0f th Catholic Separate School Boa rd. Christopher, 6, in Grade S eparate sehool top priority ýrJAN DODGE receive allocation from Ministry of Education Whitby trustee Tom Whutby separate the inistry of which allowed the Qidman pitd out chool spotrcouid Education in 1987, it second phase of the there bas n no new lave a new elmnay would open September, Frenchi school Notre- scbool built in Whitby cho pen as early as ëpteznber, 1988.' The Durham Region toman Catholic eparate School Board as recently given the umber one spot on the .vised capital forecast Sr 1987 to the Whitby ërthschool. Designed .to accom- iodate 298 students, the nior kindergarten to rade 8 school .is plan- àd for Mountbatten Rd. )rth of Rossland Rd. riat axeans sbould it 1988. Construction of this school wouid ease crowding at St. Paul's. The Town expects 3,044 more housîng units by 1991, 2,274 of them to be built within the boun- danis froni which St. Paul draws its students. Originally scheduled for the number one priority position for the 1988 capital forecast, Whitby Nortb was hap- pl y*bumped up a year because of ýrecent. allocations from. the Dame-cle-Ia-Jeunesse and the addition to St. Isaac Jogues, both in Pickering, to go ahead in. 1986 instead of 1987. They had previously been nuxnber one and two on the 1987 list. Another reason for the imprved position is the board is now applying for allocation from the ministry a year ahead of the expected completion date, Grant Andrews, superintendent, of business,.said.. for a long time. "People will just be deligbted," lie said. Additions and alterations to St. Michael's scbool in West Oshawa are slated for the number two spot on the 1987 Iist. Presently a kindergarten to Grade 6 school, these changes wouid allow it to include Grades 7 and 8. It may also extend its boun- daries to include part of South Wbitby wbich wouid 'further relieve NEXT WEEK: Year-end review w Vol.1 6,No.51 FR E E P RE SI , Sý, JÀ